Thanks for the comments. I debated whether to put this in the "commercial" or "macro" categories and decided on "macro."
Maggie, I don't think a specific macro lens would have gotten me anything on this image. In fact, with the set-up I used, I'm pretty sure I have a higher magnification (with the DOF I needed) than if I used a true macro lens. But I don't know for sure. In any case, the client loved it and is using it. Yay!
The 6T diopter is about a +3 close-up lens and the 5T is about a +1.5 close-up lens. They're pretty much the highest quality diopters around (two-element diopters) and the 85/1.8 is one of Nikon's sharpest lenses.
The only way I could have gotten higher magnification while maintaining the DOF and the quality of the light, I believe, would have been to use a camera or lens (or both) with movements to flatten out the DOF.
And yes, I tried to rent Nikon's 85mm/2.8 macro lens that has the movements but no one around here has one. Oh well, it's a pretty specialized lens but one that I could definitely use.
Every now and then you see an image that just makes you say, "Cool!" On the thumbnail, it looked like you actually caught the drop while it was impacting. Very interesting!
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Hi Adam...very interesting how it bubbles up like that. I wish you had a macro lens...look how interesting that big bubble would have been photographed up close! *smile* Maggie
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